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Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

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Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

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Microscopy

Photos of my Zeiss IM35 microscope 23/3/2024

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

How to orientate grid antennae

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Attending & talking at conferences, workshops & societies

Photos from European Astrofest 2024

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European Astrofest in Kensington London on first weekend February 2024 Andy

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Latest picture of Perseus Arm of Milky taken at LRO at 1420.405MHz (hydrogen) frequency.

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My latest picture of the Milky Way at 1420.405MHz is presented below. Processing in ezRA suite. No further post-processing or data correction on this image. Advantage of radio astronomy like…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

LRO Cantenna at 39.4 degrees elevation, 163 degrees azimuth

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ezRA software suite 24 hours data 3-4/4/2024 Successful detection of galactic hydrogen suggesting this cantenna can be used to map Milky Way in hydrogen. Andy

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Successful detection of hydrogen line using homemade cantenna at LRO 3-4/3/2024

Admin March 4, 2024 2 Comments

The following graph from ezRA suite shows successful mapping of hydrogen line across radio sky using my homemade cantenna over last 12 hours, although the later plots show that there…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Collecting and Processing hydrogen line Milky Way (elevation 77.3 azimuth 163 @ LRO) data for Alex Pettit 2-3/3/2024

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Elevation 77.3 degrees Azimuth 163 from Lichfield, UK (LRO) 2/3/2024-3/3/2024, Nooelec 1.4GHz mesh antenna, Nooelec SAWBird+ H1 LNA, RTL-SDR Blog V3 Software Defined Radio. Data downloadable from link below –…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

First light Home-made cantenna at LRO 3/3/2024@14:00

Admin March 3, 2024 4 Comments

Just plugged in my homemade cantenna and the trace below on ezRA software suite (Ted Cline, https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA) immediately shows evidence of the hydrogen line – amazing how well an old…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

How to orientate mesh satellite/WiFi dishes for radio astronomy

Admin March 3, 2024 No Comments

So the orientation that I currently have my dishes in above is incorrect – I need to rotate the dishes on their tripods by 90 degrees so the long axis…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Testing my 2 x 1.4GHz Nooelec Mesh dishes

Admin February 28, 2024 No Comments

I have now successfully tested both of these dishes using ezRA suite software, RTL-SDR Blog V3 SDR and one x SAWBird hydrogen line filters/cascaded amplifier. Results of tests: Left dish:https://astronomy.me.uk/testing-left-nooelec-1-4ghz-mesh-60x100cm-dish…

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Recent Posts

  • Is it possible to compile a GNU Radio flowgraph into a stand alone application?
  • What is frequency does Sky satellite dishes in the UK send down to receiver?
  • ARAS Live Observatory hydrogen line page
  • Testing the two 5650A rubidium time sources I have purchased from AliExpress by comparing them to Leo Bodnar GPSDO on 9 October 2026, with the two 5650A devices attached to a large aluminium heat sink.
  • Independently Testing each of the two KrakenRF Discovery Dishes & Discovery Hydrogen Line feeds at LRO used for interferometry 6-9 October 2026

Recent Comments

  1. Interpretation of results from first successful rubidium lock achieved with 5650A – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO) on First successful rubidium lock achieved with 5650A rubidium time source 12 September 2026
  2. Admin on Latest working version of ezColGR – provides FFT 512 bins with Airspy Mini and saves data in ezRA text file format 10/7/2026
  3. Bill Sneed on Latest working version of ezColGR – provides FFT 512 bins with Airspy Mini and saves data in ezRA text file format 10/7/2026
  4. Floyd on How would I convert the plots on ezCon from ezRA (Easy Radio Astronomy Software written by Ted Cline) into dB?
  5. Floyd on Which state hosts Green Bank Observatory in the USA?

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